Angel Pagan carted off during rehab game, may be facing surgery
Bad news for the Giants, as center fielder Angel Pagan appears have suffered a major setback in his recovery from a hamstring injury.
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During a rehab-assignment game for High-A San Jose on Thursday night, Giants center fielder Angel Pagan was carted off the field after apparently further injuring his already-injured left hamstring. Andrew Baggarly of CSN Bay Area has the details:
Pagan was scheduled to play five innings for San Jose; he entered in the bottom of the fourth and looked OK as he went back to the warning track to catch a fly ball in center field, said San Jose announcer Joe Ritzo. Pagan also drew a walk and ran out a ground out to first base with no apparent issues, Ritzo said.
But then he hit a ground ball to second base in the ninth and pulled up lame three-quarters up the line. He never even made it to first base.
“He started to jump up and down and couldn’t go any longer,” said Ritzo by phone, as he boarded the team bus. “He fell down on the ground short of first base.”
He stayed down for several minutes as athletic trainer Dave Getsoff and San Jose manager Andy Skeels attended to him. Pagan was lifted into a groundskeeper’s cart and taken off the field.
As Baggarly goes on to note, Pagan might now be facing surgery on his hamstring, which, obviously, would lengthen his recovery period by quite a bit. Pagan hasn't played since May 25, when he initially sustained the injury.
The 31-year-old Pagan this season is batting .262/.314/.374 in 204 plate appearances. For his career, he owns an OPS+ of 105 and is an asset with the glove and on the bases. While Pagan is out, Gregor Blanco figures to continue being the Giants' primary center fielder.
